Fork guard and rest



(Model.)

B. E. WOOD, Jr.

PORK GUARD AND REST.

May 19, 1885..

' Patented INVENTOR 6M II I I WITNESSES:

ATTO RN EY llTED STAT S P TENT OFFICE.

EDXVARD E. \VOOD, JR, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTSp FORK GUARD ANDREST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318.070, dated lviay19, 1885.

Application filed March 9, 1885. (11c del.) 7

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. Woon, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Guards andRests for Forks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction andarrangement of guards and rests for forks, the object being toprovideimproved attachments of this class for forks, each of which ismade separate from the other, but are operative in conjunction to beopened or closed, and whereby their operation is rendered easy and theguard and rest are adapted to be swung closely against the fork, therebyavoiding inconvenient projections.

In the drawings forming part of this speci fication, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a carving-fork having applied thereto a guard and arest embodying my invention. Fig. 2 illustrates a part of a fork in sideelevation, showing the positions of the guard and rest when closedagainst the fork. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views respectively of the rest,that part of the fork to which the guard and rest are pivoted, and theguard.

In the drawings, a is the shank of the fork, having thereonthelaterally-projecting guard and rest-supports c c,and the shoulder 12,having a face on a line with the rear edges of said supports. Thesupports are pierced trans- .versely to permit of putting a pin throughthem, whereby the guard and rest are pivoted thereto, and behind thesupports 0 the shank is faced off at if, the guard-being of bifurcatedform, as shown.

' The rest B is connected by the end of its spring-tongue d with theshank a of the fork, the pivot-pin z passing through the supports 0 andthe endof said tongue, the latter being between the supports. The saidpin 2 is also the pivot of the guard D, its ends projecting far enoughbeyond the sides of said supports 0 to pass through the ends of the legs0 0 of the guard.

When the rest B and the guard D are hung to the shank a, as abovedescribed, the ends of the side bars, 0, of the rest lie against therear sides of the ends of the legs of theguard when the latter and therest stand at right angles to the shank of the fork, as shown in Fig. 1,the flat ends of the bars 0 e striking squarely against the face 12 onthe shank, back of the supports 0. The spring action of the tongue dofthe rest 13 .or of the bars 0, or of both, whereby the ends of thebars, as aforesaid, press against the legs 0,contribut es to hold theguard up and swing it in both directions, according to whichever side ofthe pivot z the ends of the said bars are made to bear when the restswings. The shoulder 1) on the shank cooperates with the bars 0 tomaintain the guard in the position shown in Fig. 1. The face if on theshank a, against which the ends of the bars 6 strike, serves to arrestthe backward swinging movement of the rest B.

One or both of the ends of the legs 0 of the guard D may have thecam-point w formed thereon; but the parts operate more smoothly with acam on one leg, and the end of the other, 7, rounded, as shown, thusleaving the end of one of the bars 0 to follow smoothly around thecurved end y of the leg, and depending upon the other bar of the rest toact on the cam end w of the leg 0 and swing the guard.

To swing the guard from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 1,the rest is swung downward away from the fork, carrying the end of bar 0gradually against the point only, of the earn 10, the latter standing alittle to one side of the pin z, and when the end of the leg reaches apoint just behind the cam the end of the leg below the pivot acts as alever having its fulcrum on pin a, and the spring of the bar 6 upon itthrows the guard up, and the latter and the rest snap simultaneouslyinto their open positions. To close or swing down said parts, the restis swung forward, and as soon as the bearingpoint of the bar 6 is onlyagainst the point of cam w the guard swings downward and the two partstogether take the positions shown in Fig. 2.

If desired, the arrangement of the rest B as to the tongue at and itsbars 6 may be carried out in the construction of the guard, and thelatter be connected with the rest, substantially as are the same parts,as shown, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A fork guard and rest consisting ofa guard of bifurcated form pivoted at the ends of its legs to supportson the shank of the fork,

a rest having a tongue loeatedcentrally between two side bars, the endof said tongue being connected to the guard-pivot between 5 saidsupports, and the ends of said bars having a bearing against the ends ofthe guardlegs,combined with the shank of the fork and operatingsubstantially as set forth.

2. In combination, the shank of the fork {0 having thelaterally-projeeting supports 0 c,

the shoulder 11, and the face 1;", the guard D,

having the legs 0 0, one or both of Which has the cam .10 thereonpivoted to said supports,

and the rest B, having the bars 6 e and the 15 spring-tongue d, thelatter being pivotally con-

